Albania - Olta Boka - Zemrën lamë peng

Albania has decided that Olta Boka will go to Belrade with the song Zemrën lamë peng (We gambled the heart)

Olta Boka - Zemrën lamë

Romanian national selection - A withdrawal and a disqualification

TVR, the Romanian broadcaster has decided earlier today to disqualify the song Your love by the girl band Paradise while the song Vorbe care dor performed by 3 Sud Est has been withdrawn by the artists.

The two songs were replaced by:

La storia della pioggia - Inesa

Run Away - Catalin Josan

Catalin Josan has now two songs in semifinals : Run Away and When We're Together

Eurovision 2008 - The draw for the two semi finals

eurovision.tv reports:

The Draw deciding in which of the two Semi-Finals the participating countries of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest are going to perform will be held in Belgrade on Monday, 28th of January.

The show, hosted by Serbian broadcaster RTS, starts at 13:00 CET and will be streamed live through Eurovision.tv's esctv.

The 38 countries represented in the Semi-Finals will be drawn from six pots, based on voting patterns between 2004 and 2007. Half of the countries in the six pots will be drawn into the first Semi-Final (on the 20th of May), the other half into the second Semi-Final (on the 22nd of May).

More informations here

Romanian national selection - All songs online

The 24 songs that have qualified in Romanian national selection are now available to listen to through the TVRomania official website.

On each song you can leave your comment and state whether you think the song is an original one.

01. Yanna - C’ est la vie


02. Zero - Come this way


03. Lucia Dumitrescu - Dragostea mea


04. Master Mån (Sweden) - Dr Frankenstein


05. Nicola - Fairytale Story


06. Nico - Fight For Life


07. VH2 -Follow Me

08. Ana Mardare, Irvin Doomes - Heaven


09. Tabasco - Love Is All I Need


10. Viper - Mas conmigo


11. Nico & Vlad Miriţă - Pe-o margine de lume


12. Leo Iorga & Pacifica - Prea mici sunt cuvintele


13. Rednex feat. Ro-mania - RailRoad, RailRoad


14. Paula Seling and Provincialii - Seven days


15. Oscar, Lars, Alexander, Fredrik (Sweden) - Shine


16. Adrian Enache - Te iubesc


17. Simona Nae - The Key Of Life


18. Maya (Slovenia) - Time To Rise


19. 3Sud-Est - Vorbe care dor - withdrawed


20. Cătălin Josan - When We’re Together


21. Daniela Nicol - Why


22. Imba - Yeke Yeke


23. Paradise - Your Love - disqualified


24. New Effect feat. Genţiana - Zamira



La storia della pioggia - Inesa

Run Away - Catalin Josan

Romania national selection - Catalin Josan - When we`re together (live)

One of the semifinalists of the Romanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 is Catalin Josan.

Watch him singing live the song When we`re together qualified for the the Romanian semifinals.

[UPD]Romanian national selection - the 24 semifinalists

TVR announced the semifinalists for the Romanian national selection which will end up with the final on February 23.

Here are the 24 songs selected for the two semifinals.

01. Yanna - C’ est la vie (Alexandrescu, Badiu, Irenne, Gherescu, Zanfir, Fornea)
02. Zero - Come this way (Marius Moga)
03. Lucia Dumitrescu - Dragostea mea (Adrian Romcescu, Cristina Ştefan)
04. Master Mån (Suedia) - Dr Frankenstein (Henrik Wikström, Niklas Edberger, Kent Olsson)
05. Nicola - Fairytale Story (Andrei Stanoevici, Nicoleta Alexandru)
06. Nico - Fight For Life (Radu Marius Alin) - ????
07. VH2 -Follow Me - ( Mihai Pocorschi, Mihai Pocorschi, Gabriel Cotabita)

08. Ana Mardare, Irvin Doomes - Heaven (Tudy Zaharescu, Irvin Doomes)
09. Tabasco - Love Is All I Need (Norbert Kovacs, Mircea Adrian Piper)
10. Viper - Mas conmigo (Mihai Alexandru, Viper)
11. Nico & Vlad Miriţă - Pe-o margine de lume (Andrei Tudor, Andreea Andrei, Adina Şuteu)
12. Leo Iorga & Pacifica - Prea mici sunt cuvintele (Mihai Alexandru, Cezar Cristea)
13. Rednex feat. Ro-mania - RailRoad, RailRoad (Alexandrescu, Presel, Fornea, Ljungberg, Jens Sylsjo, Anders Lundstorm)
14. Paula Seling şi Provincialii - Şapte zile (Eduard Cârcotă, Cristian Hrişcu Badea)
15. Oscar, Lars, Alexander, Fredrik (Sweden) - Shine (Henrik Wikström, Niklas Edberger, Måns Zelmerlöw)
16. Adrian Enache - Te iubesc (Cristi Nistor, Ionuţ Turburaş)
17. Simona Nae - The Key Of Life (Dinu Maxer, Simona Nae)
18. Maya (Slovenia) - Time To Rise (M. Slatinsek, Ziga Pirnat)
19. 3Sud-Est - Vorbe care dor (Laurenţiu Duţă) - withdrawed
20. Cătălin Josan - When We’re Together (Marius Moga)
21. Daniela Nicol - Why (Marin Petrache Pechea)
22. Imba - Yeke Yeke (Imba)
23. Paradise - Your Love (George Popa, Irina Gligor) - disqualified
24. New Effect feat. Genţiana - Zamira (Raoul Bogdan, George Lazăr)

The two songs the two songs were replaced by:

03. Cătălin Josan - Run Away (Radu Bolsea, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan)

04. Monique - Vânt de vară (Dincă Zamfira Maria)

RESERVED

01. Tom Boxer feat. Anca Parghel & Fly Project - Brasil (Cosmin Simionică, Tudor Ionescu, Anca Parghel)
02. Inesa - La storia della pioggia (Sandu Gorgos, Adriana Filip)
03. Cătălin Josan - Run Away (Radu Bolsea, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan)
04. Monique - Vânt de vară (Dincă Zamfira Maria)

Evdokia Kadi will represent Cyprus in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.

Saturday night, Evdokia Kadi won the national final in Cyprus with the song Femme Fatale. Despite the French title the song is entirely in Greek language.

Femme Fatale is the creation of Nikos Evagelou and choreographed by Elena Shakalli.

Dancers and Vocals by Tefkros Neokleous, Andreas Vanezis, Polys Kourousides and Christos Shakallis.

Femme fatale Lyrics (greek) HERE

Evdokia Kadi is an experienced singer who performs in night clubs as well as with the CyBC orchestra.

Here are the results of the Cypriot final:

Below you can watch the song Femme fatale.

sources:oikotimes.com;CyBC.com.cy